Sec. 10-4.210. Director.

   “Director” shall mean the County Administrator, or a designee chosen by the Administrator.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1407, eff. April 28, 2011; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.211. Financial assurances.

   “Financial assurances” shall mean monetary funds, securities, or other instruments provided by the operator to ensure that surface mining operations are reclaimed according to the approved reclamation plan, should the operator abandon the mine site.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.212. Haul road.

   "Haul road" or “route” shall mean: 1) a road along which material is transported from the area of excavation to the processing plant or stock pile area of the surface mining operation; and/or 2) the designated route aggregate trucks are authorized to take pursuant to Section 10-4.419.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020).

Sec. 10-4.213. Idle.

   "Idle" shall mean that an operator of a surface mining operation has curtailed production at the surface mining operation, with the intent to resume the surface mining operation at a future date, for a period of one year or more by more than ninety (90) percent of its maximum annual mineral production within any of the last five (5) years during which an interim management plan has not been approved.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.214. Interim management plan.

   "Interim management plan" shall mean an amendment to the approved reclamation plan to provide measures for maintaining an idle mine site until operations are resumed.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.215. Mined lands.

   "Mined lands" shall mean the surface, subsurface, and groundwater of an area in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted, including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land excavations, workings, mining waste, and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property which result from, or are used in, surface mining operations are located.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.216. Mining waste.

   "Mining waste" shall mean the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining operations.

(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

Sec. 10-4.217. Minor modification.

   "Minor modification" shall mean a change in the approved mining plan that does not substantially alter the intent or the conditions of the mining plan.

(§ 1 Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)